Chapter 438 Nothing Left Between Them

It was still snowing outside. When he arrived, Gustave noticed Darlene's car parked outside the City Clerk's Office. It was probably his first time to be so slow. Not only did he arrive half an hour late, but he was now also slow to park. It took him a long time to get out of the car. He held an umbrella and approached Darlene. The snowfall wasn't light, and a thin layer of snow soon covered the surface of the black umbrella. Darlene was dozing off in the car. She closed her eyes but somehow felt him approaching. She opened her eyes, sat upright, and saw Gustave standing outside the car beside the window. He reached out to open the door for her, but before he could do so, Darlene quickly opened the door herself and got off the car. Gustave knew what they were here to do, but he still spoke to her in the same way he did before. It was as if he was making a last-ditch effort to hold on to something